Format:
1 online resource (342 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004222366
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy Ser.
Content:
Thirteen leading scholars offer a fresh look at four key topics in medieval Jewish studies: the history of Jewish communities in Western Christendom, Jewish-Christian interactions in medieval Europe, medieval Jewish Biblical exegesis and religious literature, and historical representations of medieval Jewry.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Robert Chazan: In Appreciation and Friendship -- Guibert of Nogent and William of Flay and the Problem of Jewish Conversion at the Time of the First Crusade -- Rashi's Choice: The Humash Commentary As Rewritten Midrash -- The Commentary of Rashi on Isaiah and the Jewish-Christian Debate -- Were Jews Made in the Image of God? Christian Perspectives and Jewish Existence in Medieval Europe -- Jewish Knowledge of Christianity in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- Dreams As a Determinant of Jewish Law and Practice in Northern Europe during the High Middle Ages -- Orality and Literacy: The French Tosaphists -- Torah and the Messianic Age: The Polemical and Exegetical History of a Rabbinic Text -- Textual Flesh, Incarnation, and the Imaginal Body: Abraham Abulafia's Polemic with Christianity -- The Jewish Cemeteries of France after the Expulsion of 1306 -- The Cruel Jewish Father: From Miracle to Murder -- From Solomon Bar Samson to Solomon ibn Verga: Tales and Ideas of Jewish Martyrdom in Shevet Yehudah -- Salo Baron's View of the Middle Ages in Jewish History: Early Sources -- Bibliography of the Works of Robert Chazan -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004222335
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004222335
Language:
English
Keywords:
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